Rusty Forge

RustyForge is a minimal build manager for C/C++ projects written in Rust. It automates compiling binaries and libraries, supports parallel builds, profiles, features, and manages a build cache.

Features

• Automatic discovery of source files (*.c, *.cpp).
• Multiple binaries and a static/shared library per project
• Parallel compilation using a configurable thread pool
• Build profiles: dev and release
• Feature-driven compile-time defines
• Fully configurable project manifest via RustyForge.toml
• Cli for build, run, clean, info

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Installation

From crates.io:

cargo install rustyforge

From GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/konni332/rustyforge.git
cd rustyforge
cargo install --path .

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Quick Start

1. Create a new project using rustyforge new <project-name> and add a target, e.g. binary or library, to the manifest
2. Add C/C++ source files
3. Build your project:

rustyforge build --release

4. Run a binary:

rustyforge run --exe your-app

Documentation

For a full reference, see the following documents:

• CLI Reference: see CLI
• Manifest Reference: see MANIFEST

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Examples

Build a release binary

rustyforge build --release --exe example

Run a binary with arguments

rustyforge run --release --exe example -- -p 8080

Clean the build directory

rustyforge clean

Display project info in JSON

rustyforge info --json

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Planned features

Plans for the future include, but are not limited to:

• Dependencies, e.g. a fully fletched dependency system, possibly using a registry and fetching either RustyForge projects or build arifacts.

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License

Rustyforge is licensed under either

• MIT
• APACHE-2.0

at your option

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